Landon School - Brown and White Yearbook (Bethesda, MD)

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XY11.1.1AM Tuoxms Cl,-XRIKISKJN, In. 'iliillu Troublei' Entered Grade 3 Northwestern Ccncsiizs Clu123,-1. 5. 6. Vice-I'rc.s'ir1c'rit 6. liest Supporiing Aclor -lg Landon .Yczrs 3. 4. 5. 6. Plzotograplzic Ifrlitor 6g Ifimllist. N1Il110Hll1 Merit Sclmlurslzip Prugrunig Rific Club 51 17001111111 6. To 111' great is to be Ill1811lIl1l'l'.S'fUUt1.u -Hulplz UVIIIIIU 1Cnu'r,sm: A man of many moods is XVilliam Car- rison. Ilaying read Emerson in childhood. while we were pawing comic books. this prodigy became imbued with the princi- ple: XVhoso would be a man must be a IIUIICUIIfOl'll1lSt.u Consistent only in his in- consistency. Bill has confounded both students and faculty. XVidely read in re- condite literature. he has yet to read an assigned book. In his drug-store, hot-rod uniform, he had no sooner mastered Hot Shoppe drawl, than he joined the Cen- esius Club and electrified drama audi- ences by his brilliant performance in A1llC1IC'f1l. From an extensive wardrobe, he selects garments one day that rudely startle every member of the Formg and on the next, a conservative, elegant out- fit, worthy of a XVall Street broker. Not yet hacked to fit any hole. Bill emerges nonchalant but alert to the chicanery of convention. 28

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MTII1' only may to ,act rifl of 11 tcniptnfion is to yiclzl to itf' -Oscar Wilde, lnipcllccl by an chulliencc amounting to rushncss. Bill rushes in whcrc thc proverbial angels would not clarc sct foot. The rcsultunt notoricty has givcn him ll reputation for contcntion which is hcliccl hy his serious clcsirc to cxccl in- tCllUCtllklllf' and by his liappy. coopemtix'e nature. Ncvcrtliclcss, Billis clay is incom- plctc without an ziltcrcation with at lcust onc lncnihcl' of thc faculty ovcr ll inuttcr of intcrprctution. FUI'tllll21tClf'. hc cxtri- caltcs hinisclii from such cncountcrs ln' verhosity or quotations from Shake- spcnrc. Oncc fre-c from classcs. Bill ex- hihits his powcrful scrvc on tlw court or. having cajolcd H.P.. lcuvcs to gc-t ycnr- hook altls. llis air of consc1'x'11tivc intcllcct- ll1lllSlll is soincwhut clinunccl hy his wcircl pcu-grecn or violcnt pink tics. cxotic llurc I'GYC2llS his party- tustc for But this loving lllltllll'-klll aispcct which Bill ns- sicluously cultivutcs. 27 XY11.i.1.-mr BI,x11BLE Cl.-XLE -.hlllYL'I'iCliN 'tWilly' lintcrccl Form Y Trinity Buowx AND VVliI'I'li 61 Bzlskcilmll 5 61 Tennis 5. 6.

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Thou knowest him well, the god of sleepf' -Chaucer Frenzied Fred, although reputed to have set Vermont on fire with his vibrant inner-self, constantly amazes his class- mates with his debonair disdain of any- thing but that which will further his aca- demic career. Left alone to uphold the Gaston legend at Landon, Fred finds himself a veritable babe in the Woods of iniquity. The constant butt of many jokes. none of which he considers funny. he is often hard-put to kill his antag- onists. But being blessed with a short memory and a forgiving nature, Fred is soon expatiating on his idea that soccer goal posts should be made lower. Once in class. Fred upholds the motto: Be Slll'C you're right. and then go ahead. XVaiting until the right answer is given. he then smiles with enlightenment and gurgles. S'That's exactly what I was going to say. 29 FREDERICK XVILLIABI Gixsrox II Fred,' Entered Grade 3 Yah Rifle Club 5. 6g Soccer 5, 6. All Metro- politun 6.